Samantara, Sama-antara, Samamtara: 8 definitions
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Samantara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaSamantara (समन्तर).—A country in India. Mention is made about this country in Mahābhārata, Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 50.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexSamantara (समन्तर).—An eastern country.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 16. 54.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarysamantara : (nt.) different religions.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsamāntara (समांतर).—a Parallel.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySamāntara (समान्तर).—a. parallel.
Samāntara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sama and antara (अन्तर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Samāntara (समान्तर):—[from sama] 1. samāntara mfn. (for 2. samānt See under samā) being a constant unit of difference (in measurement; e.g. ‘if a man forms the unit, a horse is tri-samāntar aḥ id est. = three men’), [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]
2) [v.s. ...] parallel, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
3) [from samā > sama] 2. samāntara n. (mān) (for 1. samān See [column]1) the interval of a y°
4) Samantara (समन्तर):—[=sam-antara] [from sam-anta] m. [plural] Name of a people, [Mahābhārata]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSamāṃtara (ಸಮಾಂತರ):—[noun] equal distance; equidistance.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sam, Antara, Cama, Sama.
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Full-text: Mahyuttara, Samamtara, Samantare, Samantar, Samantarahita, Samanta.
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Table: Janapadas or State < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 16 - The Description of Bharata < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)